Mediaite reports:
Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden‘s handling of the Covid pandemic on Thursday, and blamed vaccine hesitancy on a lack of trust in Biden. “During my administration, everybody wanted the vaccine,” Trump said in a phone interview with Sean Hannity.
“There was nobody saying ‘oh, gee, I don’t want to take it.’ Now they say that and that’s because they don’t trust the Biden administration. I can think of no other reason.” He added, “When I was there, everybody wanted it.”
Trump has encouraged his supporters to get vaccinated on a few occasions (and was booed when he did so during a rally), while underscoring the importance of “freedom” to decide.
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